The Friday demonstration billed, “No Emergency Powers,” deepened the split between emerging and established political parties, with Islamic movements pledging to boycott the protest and civil movements throwing their support behind it. “The Muslim Brotherhood will boycott the demonstration because of the current security conditions in Egypt,” said the MB Director-General Mahmoud Hussein. “We are working toward achieving stability and security to pave the way for parliamentary elections.” “While we condemn the activation of the Emergency Law in Egypt, we believe that current conditions cannot afford protests or demonstrations,” he added. “Egyptians should demonstrate against those who forced the government to reactivate the Emergency Powers,” said Shura Council member Assem Abdel-Maged. Maged also criticized the organizers of last week's Friday of Rectification demonstration, which he claims led to the violence incidents outside the Israeli embassy in Giza. “Those people are killers according to Islamic Sharia,” he added, underlining the fact that some of the demonstrators lost their lives during the Israeli embassy siege. “Out party will boycott the Friday demonstration,” said Asala Salafi Party leader Mohamed al-Naee, who described the demonstration as “a plan to spread chaos in the Egyptian society.” “Such demonstrations lead to attacks on governmental institutions and clashes between protestors, police and armed forces,” he added. “We will demand that the Egyptian government deactivate the Emergency Powers through other means.” Ayman Nour, founder of the al-Ghad Party, said that his movement will participate in the demonstration. “The extension of the emergency law will open the door for thugs to dominate the next parliamentary elections,” Nour said. “We will participate to support the objectives of the January 25 Revolution, to condemn military trials for civilians, to pressure the government to cancel the new election laws and to deactivate the Emergency Powers,” he added. “There is no intention to organize a strike in Tahrir.” Nour also confirmed that his party will call for the resignation of Egyptian Prime Minister Essam Sharaf and his government which, he claims, failed to achieve notable improvement since taking responsibility over Egypt. “The policies adopted by the ruling military council raise skepticism about the seriousness of the military in its pledge to hand over authority to civilians,” said Haitham al-Khateeb, a member of the Executive Office of the Revolution Youth. “These policies are similar to the policies pursued by Mubarak's regime,” he added. “They could instigate another revolution against the military council.” “We will decide whether or not to participate in Friday's demonstration in a meeting over the next few hours,” said Shehab Wageah, a leader in the Democratic Front Party. Sources told Youm7 that most members support the Party's participation in the protest.
